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Aviation History
1985
1985 - 0079.PDF
NEWS SCAN -(Vayudoot's first Dornier 228 has begun service on the ^Indian regional's Delhi-Rae ^•Bareilli-Lucknow route. Of the initial ten Do.228s ordered by Vayudoot, three of the aircraft have already been received—one each operating its Delhi, Bombay, and .-Hyderabad sectors, says Harsh Vardhan, Vayudoot's f general manager. The remain ing seven will be accepted early this year. < Surinam Airways has ordered two DC-8-62 * hushkits from the Nacelle . Corporation of Waco, Texas. South American Surinam is >the third airline to place ^orders for TNC's kit, which costs $2 • 8 million per aircraft. 1 Certification tests of the kits by the Federal Aviation Administration are proceed ing on schedule, and prod uction was due to begin at the year-end. New noise regulations are 'to be imposed on Hong Kong-registered aircraft using Kai Tak Airport from 1986, Mainly affecting such folder aircraft as Tridents and VClOs, the move is in line with Great Britain's accept ance of an International Civil Aviation Organisation attempt to reduce inter national noise levels. Environ mental protection officer /Michael Law conceded that the changes would probably r not make much difference to 4hose living directly beneath the flightpaths because most '^aircraft now using Kai Tak already comply with the new standards. , Newly-formed Irish Aero space's order for 12 MD-80s, ^ plus 12 optons, has meant a $130 million order for Pratt & Whitney to provide JT8D-219s to power the air craft. It is the manufacturer's " largest commercial engine sale to a non-airline company. P&W is the sole supplier of engines for the MD-83, Royal Brunei Airlines' Boeing 737-200s are oper ational with Honeywell Lasernav ring laser gyro •^ inertial navigation systems. , RBA is the first airline to use Lasernav, which is a deriva tive of the strapdown laser inertial reference system used ' in the Boeing 757 and 767. FLIGHT International, 12 January 1985 Twin rules near completion WASHINGTON D.C. The US Federal Aviation Administration is near to completing its draft advisory circular on the operation of certain twin-engined jet aircraft flying nonstop over North Atlantic routes. Awaiting signature by Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole, the circular will be sent to airlines and other interested parties. An earlier draft was sent in formally to the airlines last summer. The present rule on over- water twins specifies that flights may not be made over a route that is more than 60min away from a suitable emergency landing field at engine-out speeds. The FAA says that it will increase this time to 90min or longer. The original 90min rule was issued in the days of piston- engined aircraft in the 1950s, when powerplant failures were more frequent than is the case with today's jet engines. TWA and Air Canada are intending to introduce twin- engined 767 services non-stop across the Atlantic from April 1985. World traffic continues to rise MONTREAL Total scheduled traffic of the world's airlines in 1984 continued its upward trend of the past ten years and showed an 8 per cent increase over 1983, according to preliminary International Civil Aviation Organisation statistics. Airlines of Icao's member states flew an estimated 158,000 million tonne kilo metres last year, an 8-5 per cent increase over 1983. The airlines carried some 832 million passengers, 5 per cent more than in the previous year, and flew some 1,256,000 million passenger kilometres, a 6 per cent increase. Seat capacity increased at a lower rate than passenger traffic, the passenger load factor rising one percentage point to 65 per cent. Icao data shows that traffic growth in 1984 was fairly even in all regions of the world, reflecting the general upturn of economic activity which began in some regions in 1983. Last year was excellent for freight traffic, which has shown an estimated 14-5 per cent growth over 1983. A total 39,400 million tonne kilometres of freight was flown in 1984. A 10 per cent increase in freight was recorded in 1983 over 1982 and, a total 4,300 million tonne kilometres of mail was carried in 1984—a 7 per cent increase. SAFETY UPDATE An inspection of airlines in the USA has found that 5 per cent of the 327 carri ers violated safety regu lations last year. US Trans portation Secretary Elizabeth Dole ordered the Federal Aviation Administratom to inspect the safety operations of 110 large airlines, 179 commuter airlines, and 38 carriers operating under both large airline and commuter certificates early last year. Some 16 airlines were found to have deficiencies sufficient to warrant suspension or curtailment of their oper ations. All of the deficiencies discovered during the second phase of the inspection in volving in-depth inspections of 43 airlines have now been corrected. AIR TRANSPORT PEOPLE Britannia Airways chairman Derek Davison has been awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire), in the United Kingdom's New Year's Honours List British Airports Authority chairman Norman Payne accepted a Knighthood in the New Year's Honours List. Sir Norman has served with the BAA since its formation in 1965 serving as director of engineering. He became a full- time member of the BAA board in 1971 and has chaired the Authority since March 1977. In addition Sir Norman is the current president of the Chartered Institute of Trans port. British Caledonian has imple mented some changes to its senior management team fol lowing the UK Government's decision that British Airways' Saudi Arabian routes be trans ferred to the UK independent. Ron Cook, former general manager of BCal's Eastern and European routes, becomes general manager Eastern routes with responsibility for Saudi Arabia, the Gulf, and Hong Kong, while Richard Havers, general manager domestic commuter routes will shortly take over the post of general manager European routes. Tony George, former general manager Southern Routes, becomes general manager Saudi Arabia. In addition Vic Sheppard is named general manager at BCal's Paris office. He moves from passenger services at London Gatwick. His depu ties will be Michel Camhi and Jean-Pierre Robert. Barry Ashton has succeeded Ian Murray as BCal's manager, Ghana.
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